Reds Pressured North Of Taegu As Strikes Loom
The article describes Communist pressure north of Taegu easing with Reds reportedly shifting forces. U S. First Cavalry conducted deep patrols west of the Naktong River while Nkorea units reportedly pull back from front lines. A nationwide railroad strike, set for Aug 28, follows collapsed White House talks, with Truman possible seizure of railroads.
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U. S. First Cavalry Division
Naktong River
First Cavalry Division
Waegwan
24Th Division
Taegu
U. S
Changnyong Bulge
Washington
White House
Canada
Truman
Eben Ayers
How Dog Filled Home Appeared In Police Report
Police traced the case to the Wackers after being led there by their two daughters. The Wackers were charged with stealing clothing and face a September 15 deadline to clean up the house. A second photo shows the exterior of the Wackers' home.
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Wackers
Veterans Back UNIT On Grounds War With Soviet Inevitable
Washington voices split over universal military training as the Senate Armed Services Committee weighs six months of training for 18 to 20 year olds. Legion spokesman Earl J. Cocke Jr. calls war with Russia inevitable and urges rapid mobilization while WCTU's Elizabeth Smart opposes peacetime conscription.
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Washington
America
Russia
American Legion
Congress
Earl J. Cocke, Jr
Dawson, Ga
Legion
National Security Committee
Elizabeth Smart
Evanston
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Defense Johnson
Truman
UMT
James Finucane
National Council For the Prevention of War
Bridges predicts enactment of UMT in current session
Senator H Styles Bridges predicted in a radio interview that the Senate will approve universal military training this session and that the House may pass it after the November elections. He said the UMT program would cost at least a billion dollars annually. Bridges helped lead a committee push urging Congress to stay in session until UMT is enacted.
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Washington
H. Styles Bridges
Senate
Congress
House
Bridges
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services Committee
Husband Follows Wife In Death by Own Action
A 28 year old ironworker David Kennedy killed himself twelve hours after his wife Stella Kennedy, 25, took poison and died shortly after. Police said Stella left a note saying she loved her husband but they had difficulties because of another woman. Kennedy bought poison, police found his body after forcing entry to the apartment.
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Washington
David Kennedy
Stella
Kennedys
Crazed Father Injures Son on Drill Press in Ridgefield
State police say Joseph Korczynski, 36, a hotel waiter, pinned his son Joseph Jr 414 on a drill press at The Fox Hill Inn garage in Ridgefield and drove a 3 1 6 inch bit through his chest twice. The boy, hospitalized in critical condition, was nearly struck in the heart. Korczynski was held on an open charge after incoherent statements.
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Ridgefield
Conn
Joseph Korczynski
Joseph, Jr
Danbury Hospital
Louis Marchese
Korczynski
Fox Hill Inn
Sergt
Marchese
Joan
Henry Berklauer
Joey
Holy Ghost Fathers
Helen
Sergi
Francis H. Smith
West Germans Demand More Allied Troops
West German leaders including opposition Socialist Kurt Schumacher urged more American and allied troops for defense against communism. Adenauer pressed for a German armed police force of 65 000, opposed by Schumacher and the Socialists who argued for remilitarization only after sufficient Western forces are in place. American officials weighed increases, but not to match Soviet strength in east Germany, with timing tied to the Korean War and broader Western defense plans.
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Haman
Masan
Swinton
Pusan
U. S
Air Force
Bann
Germany
Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Kurt Schumacher
Schumacher
Adenauer
Frankfurt
United States
Russia
East Germany
Socialist
Western Europe
Lodge Sparkman Named to U N Assembly Delegation
President Truman selected Senator Sparkman of Alabama and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts for the American delegation to the United Nations general assembly in September. Also named were Warren R. Austin and John Foster Dulles with Edith Sampson as an alternate. Secretary Acheson may attend.
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Washington
Truman
Sparkman
D-Ala
Lodge
Rmass
United Nations General Assembly
Warren R. Austin
John Foster Dulles
Eleanor Roosevelt
Acheson
Austin
John Sherman Cooper
Benjamin Cohen
Edith Sampson
Chicago
U. N
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Administration
Far East
Hickenlooper
Wiley
Eng
Vandenberg
Weston Publican
Area Hit By Threatened Rail Strike Across Virginia
Richmond officials warn 5000 Seaboard workers idle in Virginia as a nationwide railway strike threatens to shut terminals and disrupt perishable cargo. Union leaders project widespread layoffs. officials urge caution while awaiting official notices and possible government seizure of railroads.
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White House
Truman
Richmond
Virginia
Seaboard
Atlantic Coastline Railway
Plane Flights May Soon Be Restricted
The senate approved legislation granting the secretary of commerce authority to restrict civilian or military flights over designated restrictive defense zones. The measure aims to control airspace for national defense purposes as soon as the designations are set.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Commerce
N and W Engine Blast Kills Two in Cab
In Batavia Ohio tonight two Norfolk and Western railroad workers were killed when a locomotive exploded east of Williamsburg. Engineer Carl D. Clark and fireman R. D. Aldridge, both of Portsmouth, died. brakeman Paul Keyes was injured and flagman Goodlow Fleming escaped unharmed as three hog car derailments disturbed the Powhatan Arrow passenger run and wrecked track and lines.
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Batavia
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Williamsburg
J. M. Wingo
Carl D. Clark
Portsmouth
R. D. Aldridge
Paul Keyes
Goodlow Fleming
Clark
Aldridge
Dean's Murder Rumor Unconfirmed by U S Officials
Tokyo reports a claimed capture and murder of Maj. Gen. William F. Dean by North Koreans could not be verified. Dean is listed as missing in action. last word says he left a Taejon battle on July 22 and was last seen on a mountain ridge awaiting stragglers.
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Tokyo
William F. Dean
U. S
Dean
MacArthur
General Dean
Taej
Two Tombstones Stolen From Lewisburg Fair Exhibit
Lewisburg West Virginia August 23 two tombstones were taken from an exhibit at the state fair. State Trooper S C Ballard said the stones were large needing two men to lift each and a truck to haul them away. Value set at $200 each.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
S. C. Ballard
Snake Adds To Peril Of Office Life
Oak Ridge Tennessee Aug 23 Mrs Bonnie W Perry returned from lunch to the warehouse office where she works sat down not looking under her desk a hungry snake 18 inches long nibbled her ankle she was bitten fellow employees killed the reptile and argue if it was poisonous she went to a hospital for anti venom injection and 72 hours later the scratch was still glancingly described.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Bonnie W. Perry
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